JP2001027928A - Keyboard practice device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate the practice of key operations when the Japanese syllabary is inputted in Roman characters without looking at the keys by changing a Hiragana (cursive form of Japanese syllabary) character of the key corresponding to a Roman character that can be inputted next in response to an operation of a consonant key and also displaying an image of the shape of a hand used for pushing the changed key. SOLUTION: A Hiragana character of the key corresponding to a Roman character that can be inputted next is changed in response to an operation of a consonant key and also an image of the shape of a hand used for pushing the key is displayed. For instance, a CPU 10 of a computer main body 1 always keep a program in a program storage area 12 of a memory 11, reads the image data on a keyboard and the image data on the initial hand finger shapes out of an external storage 4 according to the program and writes these data into a display area 13. Then the CPU 10 reads out written image data on both keyboard and shapes of the initial hand fingers and shows these data on a display device 3.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a keyboard training apparatus, and more particularly to a keyboard training apparatus for practicing blind touch in a typewriter or computer keyboard in which key operations are performed quickly without looking at keys.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The following are required as basics for operating a keyboard by blind touch.

[0003] Both fingers are placed in the home position. Protect the assigned fingers assigned to each key.

[0004] After pressing the key, it returns to the home position. Leave as many home keys as possible except for the finger pressing the key.

Practice without looking at the hand. For example, when pressing "y", the shared finger is the "right index finger" and the key is pressed with the index finger. The left hand is at each of the home position keys "A", "S", "D", "F",
Put “little finger”, “ring finger”, “middle finger”, “index finger”.
For the right hand, the index finger presses the "y" key. At this time, the middle finger, ring finger, and little finger of the right hand are left at “K”, “L”, and “;” at the home position, respectively.

[0006]

A problem with the conventional practice of blind touch is that the user is not used to key operation shortly after the practice is started. ).

A) Look at the syllabary of the alphabet. B) Find the corresponding alphabet.

C) Search for the position of the key corresponding to the alphabet on the keyboard. D) Press the key.

In such practice, it is troublesome to search for the corresponding key position after looking at the Japanese syllabary table, and it is difficult to search for a hidden key with the finger in the home position. There was a problem that can not be.

[0010] Therefore, a main object of the present invention is to provide a keyboard training apparatus for facilitating the practice of key operation when inputting the Japanese syllabary without looking at the keys.

[0011]

The invention according to claim 1 is a keyboard training apparatus for practicing key operation when inputting a kana syllabary character in Roman alphabet on a keyboard on which alphabetic characters are displayed. Display means for displaying an image of a key arrangement and a hand-shaped image when operating each key, image data of a key arrangement of a keyboard to be displayed on the display means, and image data of a hand shape. A storage unit for storing hiragana characters to be displayed corresponding to the alphabet characters of each key; and reading out the image data of the key arrangement of the keyboard from the storage unit and displaying it on the display unit, and displaying each alphabet of the displayed keyboard. The initial hiragana character is displayed corresponding to the character, and when a consonant key on the keyboard is operated, the key is depressed. Together to display the form image of the hand, then configured with a control means for displaying by changing the hiragana character key corresponding to the input can Romaji.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, in response to an operation of a vowel key, a hand shape in a state where the key is depressed is displayed.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, when the same consonant key is operated subsequent to the operated consonant key on the keyboard, the control means according to the first aspect replaces the hiragana characters displayed up to that time. Displays the hiragana hiragana characters.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, when the Y key is operated subsequent to the operated consonant key on the keyboard, the control means according to the first or third aspect replaces the hiragana characters displayed up to that time. Display hiragana characters

[0015]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, a keyboard 2 and a display device 3 are connected to a computer main body 1, and the keyboard 2 is displayed on the keyboard 2 while viewing an arrangement image of the keyboard and an image of fingers of both hands displayed on the display device 3. Practice typing.

FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram of one embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 2, the computer main body 1 includes a central processing unit 10 and a memory 11. Central processing unit 10
The keyboard 2 and the display device 3 shown in FIG.
Connected to the external storage device 4 and the memory 11
Are connected. The memory 11 includes a program storage area 12 and display display areas 13 and 14.
A program storage area 12 stores a program necessary for the central processing unit 10 to perform overall control, a display display area 13 stores keyboard image data to be displayed on the display device 3, and a display display area. Numeral 14 stores image data in the form of a finger to be displayed on the display device 3. The external storage device 4 stores various keyboard image data and finger-shaped image data stored in the display areas 13 and 14.

FIGS. 3 and 4 are flow charts for explaining a specific operation of the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 shows a display example of the keyboard displayed on the display device 3, and FIG. 6 shows a display example of the keyboard and the fingers of the hand displayed on the display device 3.

Next, a specific operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. The central processing unit 10 performs the steps in FIG. 3 (abbreviated as SP in the drawing).
In SP1, the program is made resident in the program storage area 12 of the memory 11. Then, in accordance with this program, the image data of the keyboard and the image data of the initial finger shape are read out from the external storage device 4 and written into the display area 13.

Subsequently, the central processing unit 10 executes step SP
The image data of the keyboard and the initial finger-shaped image data written in the display display area 13 in step 2 are read out and displayed on the display device 3 in the form shown in FIG.
At this time, A key, B displayed on the display device 3
The hiragana characters "A, BA, CHA ..." in the initial state shown in Table 1 are displayed in correspondence with the keys, the C key,..., The Z key. The bill is displayed such that the fingertip is located on the key of the home position.

[0020]

[Table 1]

In step SP3, the process waits until a key is input. If it is determined in step SP4 that the vowel key has been depressed, a key corresponding to the depressed vowel key in the keyboard display on the display device 3 is determined in step SP5. The bill is displayed as if was pressed down.

Subsequently, when a consonant key is input in step SP6, hiragana is displayed on the inputtable Roman key as shown in Table 1 in step SP7. That is, when the "B" key is pressed as a consonant, "A" key is "BA", "B" key is "BA", "E" key is "BE", and "I" key is "B". "Bi" is displayed.

Then, at step SP8, a bill corresponding to each pressed key is displayed. In this case, you can change the color of the key to make it easier to see which key was pressed,
A display that makes it easy to understand the state in which the key is pressed, such as changing the state to the state in which the key is pressed, may be performed.

In step SP9, the process stands by until the next key is input, and the vowel key is operated in step SP10. In step SP11, a handprint corresponding to the vowel key is displayed. For example, when the “A” key is pressed as a vowel, a bill is displayed as if a key with “A” and “BA” are displayed.

If it is determined in step SP11 that the same consonant key is operated instead of the vowel key, the hiragana of the key to be prompted is changed in step SP12. That is, as shown in Table 2, "B" key is pressed first,
Subsequently, when the same “B” key is operated, the “A” key is “sub”, the “E” key is “sub”, the “I” key is “sub”, and the “O” key is “sub”. The display of hiragana is changed collectively, such as "U" for the "U" key and "Bub" for the "Y" key. Similarly, when the “F” key is continuously operated, the “A” key is displayed as “off”,
"Tsu" is displayed on the "O" key. In step SP13, a bill corresponding to the pressed key is displayed, and in step SP14, the process waits for the next key to be input.

[0026]

[Table 2]

It is determined in step SP1 that the vowel key has been pressed.
If the determination is made in step 5, a bill corresponding to the vowel key is displayed in step SP16. If it is determined in step SP11 that the "Y" key has been operated without determining that the same consonant key has been depressed in step SP11, the key is changed to the hiragana of the target key. That is, as shown in Table 2, when the "Y" key is depressed after the "B" key, the "A" key has a "by", the "O" key has a "by", and the "U" key has a "by" key. Is displayed. Then, at step SP19, a bill corresponding to the pressed key is displayed. At step SP20, the process waits until a key is input. When the vowel key is pressed down at step SP21, a bill corresponding to the pressed key is displayed at step SP22.

After the same consonant key is operated twice, "Y"
When the key has been operated, the process proceeds to step SP23.
Then, as shown in Table 3, the hiragana of the key that is the target of the prompting sound and the key of the repetitive sound are displayed.

[0029]

[Table 3]

That is, when the "B" key is depressed, the "B" key is depressed again, and subsequently the "Y" key is depressed, the display of the "A" key is changed to "bibi",
The display of the “O” key is changed to “Bb”, and the display of the “U” key is changed to “Bb”. "D" key, "D" key,
When the "Y" key is operated, the display of the "A" key changes to "tu", the display of the "O" key changes to "tu", and the display of the "U" key changes to "tsu". Is done. Then, in step SP25, a key input is waited. When the vowel key is operated in step SP26, a bill corresponding to the pressed key is displayed in step SP27.

Here, a description will be given of an example of using this embodiment to support key input. For example, if you enter "ki", you will notice that "ki" is "ka row"
Search for “KA” from the key screen and press “K” with the middle finger of the right hand on the home position corresponding to “KA”. Vowel "A,
The display of the key of "I, U, E, O" is "K, K, K, K,
Is displayed, press the (I) key displayed as "". By simply pressing the corresponding key according to the display of "K", (K), "K", and (I), "K" and "I" corresponding to the desired "K" are input.

As described above, in this embodiment, when the alphabet is displayed, the position of the key can be confirmed without looking at the key at hand, and the direction and distance from the position of the finger placed at the home position to the target key can be confirmed. Can be visually confirmed.

Also, when the hiragana is displayed, the position of the key corresponding to the hiragana can be easily known without looking at the correspondence table for the romaji, and the finger can be moved from the position at the home position to the target key. The direction and distance can be visually confirmed. Therefore, the user can search for the desired kana character to be struck and move the finger to the key to input the key without looking at the hand.

Therefore, according to this embodiment, the key operation that the key hidden by the finger cannot be searched while the finger is at the home position without looking at the key at hand when searching for the position of the key. Solve problems at the time,
When the hiragana is displayed, it is possible to solve the problem that the user has to look twice at the syllabary table of the Roman alphabet and find the corresponding key position twice. Therefore, it is effective when a child who is accustomed to Roman alphabets, as well as children who are learning Roman alphabets for the first time or elderly people who are far from using Roman alphabets, learn blind touch by inputting Roman alphabets.

It should be noted that the processing according to the embodiment of the present invention always monitors the key input during the execution of another software even while the other software is being executed. The keyboard being operated may be displayed on the screen.

The embodiments disclosed this time are to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is defined by the terms of the claims, rather than the description above, and is intended to include any modifications within the scope and meaning equivalent to the terms of the claims.

[0037]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to change the hiragana character of a key corresponding to a Roman character which can be subsequently input according to the operation of a consonant key, and to depress the key. The image in the shape of is displayed, so you can check the position of the key without looking at the key at hand, and visually check the moving direction and distance from the position of the finger at the home position to the target key be able to.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram of one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 shows a first half of a flowchart for explaining a specific operation of one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 shows a latter half of a flowchart for explaining a specific operation of the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a display example of a keyboard.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a display example of a keyboard and bills.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 computer main body, 2 keyboard, 3 display device, 4 external storage device, 10 central processing unit, 1
1 memory, 12 program storage area, 13, 1
4 Display area.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A keyboard training apparatus for practicing key operation for inputting a kana syllabary character in Roman alphabet on a keyboard on which alphabetic characters are displayed, wherein an image of a key arrangement on the keyboard and each key are operated. Display means for displaying an image of a hand shape when performing, image data of a key arrangement of a keyboard to be displayed on the display means, image data of a hand shape, and alphabet characters of each key. Storage means for storing hiragana characters to be displayed, and image data of a key arrangement of a keyboard read out from the storage means and displayed on the display means, and an initial value corresponding to each alphabetic character of the displayed keyboard is displayed. Is displayed, and in response to the operation of a consonant key on the keyboard, the hand shape with the key depressed is displayed. Together to display an image, followed by a control means for displaying by changing the hiragana characters of the corresponding key can be entered Romaji, keyboard practice apparatus. 2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising, in response to an operation of a vowel key on the keyboard, displaying an image of a hand in a state where the key is depressed. Keyboard practice device. 3. When the same consonant key is operated following the operated consonant key on the keyboard, the control means displays a hiragana character of a prompt sound instead of the hiragana character displayed up to that time. The keyboard training device according to claim 1, characterized in that: 4. The system according to claim 1, wherein when the Y key is operated following the operated consonant key on the keyboard, the hiragana character is displayed instead of the previously displayed hiragana character. The keyboard training device according to claim 1, wherein the keyboard training device is a keyboard training device.